Rising tobacco prices hit store sales
Rising tobacco prices and poor availability of the smallest pack sizes are adversely affecting business, with one retailer’s cigarette sales cut by nearly a third. Following the Spring Budget, the...
View ArticleGovernment denies plain pack illicit tobacco impact
Manufacturer claims that plain packaging laws are boosting the illicit tobacco trade have been denied by multiple government bodies. Steve Wilkins, JTI anti-illegal trade operations director told...
View ArticleGovernment should step up legislation advice to retailers
Only 40% of retailers surveyed by the Tobacco Retailers’ Alliance remember receiving any legislation advice from the Government in relation to EUTPD2 law. A further 68% had no contact with their local...
View ArticleBusiness rates relief one step closer to reaching retailers
The Government has confirmed that councils now have everything they need to hand out the £175m of discretionary business rates relief owed to small businesses this year. The Department for Communities...
View ArticleYou can make a case for discretionary rate relief
Over the next few weeks, thousands of businesses will start to receive updated business rates bills that account for the discounts, such as small business rate relief, they’re entitled to. Since the...
View ArticleWhat the ACS wants for convenience retailers from the Autumn Budget
At the end of September we put our annual submission into Government ahead of the Chancellor’s budget, setting out the measures we believe will help the convenience sector in the coming year. Firstly,...
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